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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX

July 2, 2002El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2002, 9:11 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2002, 9:11 PM MDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2002, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County El Paso County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 32 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2002-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 252 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2002-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

274 
WUUS54 KEPZ 030311
SVRELP
TXC141-030400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
907 PM MDT TUE JUL 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EL PASO COUNTY IN TEXAS
  INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL PASO...ANTHONY...SAN    
ELIZARIO...HOMESTEAD   MEADOWS...FORT BLISS...FABENS

* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT

* AT 9 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
MOVING INTO EL PASO COUNTY TEXAS WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. THE 
STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SAND AND DUST WITH VERY LOW 
VISIBILITIES. 

INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 
TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3182 10662 3138 10603 3199 10604 3198 10655

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso57 min
Jul 2, 6:07 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZEl Paso38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.